Lilia took a sip of her juice. "Actually, I'm still in Surabaya all this time."
Mellisa's eyes trembled. Instead of asking more, she tried to test with concern. "Are your eyes really any better?"
"Don't worry, my eyes are back to normal. To be honest I came back last night. I was afraid to bother you, so I just came here now."
At the end of the conversation, Mellisa said with a smile, "Your presence isn't a bother to me. Never think like that again!"
She said herself, not us.
Leonard wailed in his heart, his eyes fixed on Mellisa's indifferent cheeks. He could only feel helpless and tired.
The misunderstanding between the two of them only deepened.
The situation in Bandung was urgent, and he had to return.
However, Mellisa made up her mind and refused to go with him.
Things had come to a dead-end, and their relationship became more and more fraught with the hardships.
Lilia smiled and didn't speak. She clearly felt that Mellisa was walking on thorns, especially when facing Leonard.
"Do you still have to undergo more treatment?" Mellisa asked without narrowing her eyes.
She shook her head and said, "It shouldn't be necessary. I've been treated for almost a month and my eyes are fine."
"That is good!"
Maybe Leonard also knew that his presence made Mellisa unable to freely chat with Lilia.
He only ate two steamed buns and left the dining table.
Lilia looked back and looked back at Mellisa. "What's the matter with the two of you? Did you guys have another fight? I thought you were fine before I left."
"No, we've always been like this."
Mellisa didn't even cover her reluctance to talk further. Lilia had no choice but to give up.
The two sisters sat at the table and ate their breakfast in silence. Lilia was just drinking juice, and her eyes were on Mellisa.
After a while, Mellisa swallowed her porridge and said without haste, "I might actually be gone in a few days!"
"How much longer?" She just came back, but her sister was already leaving.
Lilia remembered that Mellisa had said that she would return to where her friends were before.
Mellisa pursed the corners of her lips. "I'll be back as soon as possible, but ... I don't know when."
"What about brother-in-law? Is he going with you?" Lilia growled towards the living room.
Mellisa shook her head, her eyes a little cold. "He wants to return to Bandung and the fiancee arranged for him by his family has moved into his family's house."
Lilia raised her eyebrows in disbelief. She was silent for a moment.
Leonard already has a fiancée?!
Shocked, Lilia then tried to calm her mind. Only then did she grasp the meaning of 'his family has arranged for him'.
But it was so sudden!
Lilia held her elbow on the table and glanced at Mellisa's indifferent face. "Aren't you coming back with him? Since it was arranged by his family, he should be very passive in this matter."
Everyone could see how hard Leonard wanted to be with Mellisa.
In his heart, the fiancée appointed by his family couldn't be compared to Mellisa.
Mellisa lifted her eyes from the dinner plate and looked suspiciously at Lilia. She curled her lips and laughed. "I'm not leaving. We have our own ways. Besides, I still have a lot to take care of."
"If he can't finish his family business, so be it. This villa is also his, and before I leave, I'll move all my belongings. In the meantime, I won't bring everything at once, so I'll put some in your house first," she added.
Mellisa really had made up her mind. Nobody knew what made her do so but all her sister could wonder was whether this decision would lead Mellisa and Leonard's relationship into a new growth or something else.
Lilia looked at Mellisa in confusion. "Do you have to go?"
Mellisa pursed her lips and nodded. "I still have to go. It's been a long time since this problem has been delayed. Now that your eyes are healed, I have nothing to worry about anymore. Don't worry, I'll be back as soon as I can after I solve my problem."
Either Mellisa tried to comfort her or acted tough in front of her, Lilia couldn't tell. She could only shut her mouth and accept the arrangement.
In the living room, Leonard was standing at the window and smoking a cigarette.
He was not far from the dining table, and he heard all the conversations between them clearly.
Mellisa will go to Jakarta, but the man will return to Bandung.
When Lilia and Mellisa came out of the dining table, Leonard immediately put out the cigarette.
His eyes were fixed on Mellisa, looking fascinated but with a hint of sadness.
Lilia couldn't help them with their relationship. She could only quietly tug at Mellisa's wrist to provide comfort in silence.
She didn't stay long. After less than ten minutes, Lilia planned to go home.
When Mellisa led her to the door, she bit the corner of her mouth and took her hand. "Protect your eyes and don't worry about me."
"Okay, I'll do it." Lilia held her hand. "You have to tell me when you are leaving."
Mellisa didn't answer directly but only nodded in response.
She stood at the door, watched her walk, and lowered her eyelashes, trying to mask the disappointment in her eyes.
"When are you... When are you going to Jakarta?" Leonard was already standing at the entrance, looking at Mellisa's back and asking in a deep voice.
She turned her head, looked at him, and immediately shifted her gaze. "It has nothing to do with you!"
"Mellisa, can't we get along? Aren't you aware of my feelings for you? Can you really not feel it?" Leonard is tired.
This relationship frustrated him a lot, along with the problem with his family that seemed to never cease.
He wouldn't let go of the bond that he shared with Mellisa, so he had bravely moved forward. And yet Mellisa had shrunk indefinitely.
Mellisa was caught by the wrist, and she continued to struggle to escape.
She continued to take deep breaths, trying to hold back her heartbeat. She... couldn't allow herself to sink into this relationship.
Because she can't afford to live happily!
When Lilia was away for treatment, she never went against the other party.
After Lilia came back, she didn't plan to do anything anymore, so ... she had to go back to Jakarta to sort things out by herself.
She did not know who the other party was and for what purpose. She only knew that the lives of Herri and the other brothers were in her hands.
If she didn't leave immediately, Herri and the others ...
Thinking of this, Mellisa closed her eyes tightly. She then forced off Leonard's grip in the next second.
The man raised his eyes, showing his cold eyes. "No matter how much I love you, you keep rejecting me. What do you think I keep my attention for you for? Don't you know how hard I struggled for you?"
When he said this line, he knew it would hurt her.
The feeling that hurts the most in a relationship is... one-sided love.
But Mellisa never replied, even her eyes were filled with irony and ridicule.
She saw Leonard's sinking face and the anger buried behind it. She blinked and chuckled. "Leonard, since your family has appointed someone else as your fiancée, you should go back and accept the arrangement."
"Thank you for taking care of me all this time, but other than that, I have nothing to give you," she said.
Leonard stared at her with a wound in his eyes. He gritted his teeth for a long time, and his thin lips overflowed with a few words.
"Mellisa, you are so cruel!"
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